[Prospectus for] The Holy Bible.
Contributors: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915.; Lemercier (Firm)
Publisher: Illustrated Bible Society]
Published: 1896
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling -- Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
Other titles: Holy Bible
Work titles: Bible. English. Authorized. 1896. Prospectus.
Notes: Publisher taken from the Victoria & Albert National Art Library online public catalogue description of publisher's dummy for this proposed publication dated [1901?] and entitled: "The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments : according to the Authorized Version : illustrated by modern artists.".

Possibly a prospectus for the title "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorized version : illustrated by modern artists" published in London and New York by the Illustrated Bible Society in [1899?].  Cf. OCLC.

Prospectus is with elaborately illustrated t.p. printed in black and gold that includes Walter Crane's monogrammatic crane-like signature dated 1896.

Decorative t.p. and text illustrations are photomechanical reproductions of originally wood-engraved images.

Full-page halftone illustration on p. [3] is with imprints: "Reproduction in autotypy of the heliogravure.", "Copyright Lemercier." and "Drawn by J. J. Benjamin Constant.".

"E. A. Abbey. -- Laurens Alma Tadema. -- Sir Edw. Burne-Jones. -- Walter Crane. -- Frank Dicksee -- Sir Edw. Poynter -- John M. Swan. -- J. J. Benjamin Constant. -- J. L. Gérome. -- Ernest Hébert. -- Jean Paul Laurens. -- G. Rochegrosse. -- Puvis de Chavannes. -- James Tissot. -- Prof. E. v. Gebhardt. -- Prof. Arthur Kampf. -- Max Klinger. -- Max Liebermann. -- Prof. Fritz v. Uhde. -- Il Cavaliero J. P. Michetti. -- Il Senator Domenico Morelli. -- Giovanni Segantini. -- Francesco Pradilla. -- Prof. José Villegas. -- V. de Brozick. -- Joseph Israëls. -- Prof. Ilja Repin. -- Juliaan de Vriendt, have enthusiastically joined in the work of adorning our ancient Bible with 100 original pictures, drawings and etchings especially designed for the purpose.  The works of these great masters will be reproduced in photogravures by one of the first firms of printers in the world: Messrs Lemercier at Paris ... The illumination of the letterpress has been entrusted to Walter Crane; our prospectus, which shows a proof in autotype of the illustrations, also contains a specimen of the work of this grandmaster in decorative art.  This Bible will be published in large folio edition, and be complete in 25 parts, each containing 4 full-page photogravures.  It need scarcely be said that the typographical part of this work will be most carefully executed."--P. [4].